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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

This Week's Climate Policy Update - July 2024 #2

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/23/2024

Good afternoon! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more

OSHA Recommends Use of Safety Helmets Rather Than Hard Hats for Certain Job Sites

Miller & Martin PLLC on 12/22/2023

OSHA has announced that it is replacing traditional hardhats used by its employees with more modern safety helmets to protect them better when they are on inspection sites. Among other problems, hard hats may fall off the...more

Medical Marijuana/Employment-Safety Issues for the Oil/Gas Industry: May 26th Arkansas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/2/2021

My law firm colleague Nate Read and I undertook a presentation at the May 26th virtual meeting of the Arkansas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners (“AIPRO”) - The presentation was titled: Medical Marijuana:...more

Midstream Processing Facilities: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Guidance Addresses Agency Jurisdictional...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/13/2020

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) published in the November 4th Federal Register a set of draft Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) addressing federal oversight of midstream processing...more

OSHA’s New Guidance for the Energy Arena

Gray Reed on 8/3/2020

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued guidance for oil and gas industry workers and employers in light of the increased risk of workplace exposure to COVID-19. ...more

OSHA Issues Guidance For Oil and Gas Industry Workers And Employers

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 7/22/2020

On July 8, 2020, OSHA issued guidance specific to the oil and gas industry for mitigating occupational exposure risks to COVID-19. Some of the key considerations arising from that guidance, which can be found, are below: ...more

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Guidance for the Oil and Gas Industry

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/21/2020

On July 7, 2020, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued COVID-19 control and prevention guidance for oil and gas industry workers and employers. The guidance supplements OSHA’s interim...more

Return to Work: OSHA Fundamentals for the Oil and Gas

King & Spalding on 7/14/2020

OSHA issued new guidance on July 8, 2020, for the oil and gas industry as part of its ongoing series of industry-specific guidance for mitigating occupational exposure risks to COVID-19. This guidance supplements OSHA’s...more

OSHA Issues Guidelines for Oil and Gas Industry Workers and Employers

Baker Donelson on 7/10/2020

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued guidelines for oil and gas workers and employers during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. While similar to guidelines issued previously by various...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - April 2020 #2

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/14/2020

China Resumes LNG Imports from the U.S. - "Chinese buyers have resumed imports of liquefied natural gas from U.S. exporters, as Beijing started granting waivers to a 25% import tariff." Why this is important: In the...more

Oil and Gas Incident Command and COVID-19

King & Spalding on 4/14/2020

COVID-19 presents the oil and gas sector with several novel safety considerations. Drilling rigs and production platforms are self-contained vessels in which workers routinely live and work in close contact...more

Silica Limits for Oil and Gas Operations

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 2/28/2018

June 23, 2018 will bring new standards into play for the producers of our nation’s oil and gas resources, particularly the unconventional operations utilizing hydraulic fracturing. The long expected regulations on exposure to...more

Arkansas Medical Marijuana: Key Employment Law Issues for Petroleum Marketing Operations

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/18/2018

My law firm colleague Nate Read and myself authored an article for the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association publication The Canopy titled: Arkansas Medical Marijuana: Key Employment Law Issues for Petroleum Marketing...more

Energy Newsletter - January 2018

King & Spalding on 1/16/2018

Gas Market Reform in Asia: an Update on the Implementation of Third Party Access to LNG Import Terminals - The rise of natural gas and LNG in Asia continues apace, fuelled by a convergence of plentiful global LNG supply,...more

A Sign of Things to Come? Trump’s Regulatory Freeze and Other Early Actions

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/24/2017

Behind the pomp and circumstance of Friday’s inauguration, President Donald J. Trump and his administration set their sights on deploying a new guard of regulatory and economic policies focused on reducing burdensome...more

National Organization for Onboarding and Training of New Employees Industry Wide in the Oil and Gas Industry Provides Example for...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/20/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: The National STEPS Network provides a working model of an industry wide employee onboarding and safety training program. We attended the World Safety Organization International Environmental and...more

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration › Oil & Gas

This Week's Climate Policy Update - July 2024 #2

OSHA Recommends Use of Safety Helmets Rather Than Hard Hats for Certain Job Sites

Medical Marijuana/Employment-Safety Issues for the Oil/Gas Industry: May 26th Arkansas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners...

Midstream Processing Facilities: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Guidance Addresses Agency Jurisdictional...

OSHA’s New Guidance for the Energy Arena

OSHA Issues Guidance For Oil and Gas Industry Workers And Employers

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Guidance for the Oil and Gas Industry

Return to Work: OSHA Fundamentals for the Oil and Gas

OSHA Issues Guidelines for Oil and Gas Industry Workers and Employers

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - April 2020 #2

Oil and Gas Incident Command and COVID-19

Silica Limits for Oil and Gas Operations

Arkansas Medical Marijuana: Key Employment Law Issues for Petroleum Marketing Operations

Energy Newsletter - January 2018

A Sign of Things to Come? Trump’s Regulatory Freeze and Other Early Actions

National Organization for Onboarding and Training of New Employees Industry Wide in the Oil and Gas Industry Provides Example for...

Proposed Oil Refinery Regulations Tackle Safety Concerns

OSHA Issues Hazard Alert on Tank Gauging

What to Expect from OSHA in 2016: Michaels Discusses Hazard Alerts, Silica Rule, Reporting, and Other Priorities

OSHA Announces National "Step-Up for Safety" Campaign for Upstream Industry

NIOSH and OSHA Issue Hazard Alert on Health and Safety Risks in Oil and Gas Extraction

Energy Newsletter - December 2015

New OSHA Field Operations Manual Impacts Energy Industry

OSHA Vows Continued Enforcement As Work Fatalities Rise

[Event] OSHA Forum & Webinar - Nov. 5th, Houston, TX

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